The Federal Communications Commission unveiled a much-anticipated program in May: Text-to-911. Working in conjunction with mobile phone service providers, the first phase of the program allows the public to contact 911 during an emergency. The FCC reminds the public it is still better to call 911 versus texting, saying, “if you are able to make a voice call to 911, and if it is safe to do so, you should always make a voice call to 911 instead.”
This service will put into practice the habit that some consumers have made of texting 911 in order to alert emergency response teams. [Read more…]
Following the voluntary recall of several makes of GM vehicles, 
The South by Southwest (SXSW) festival, held annually in the great state of Texas, was marred by violence this year when 
Accidents are often caused by more than one person, but under Texas law, a person can’t be held financially responsible for an accident unless they were the proximate cause of the accident. We’ll get to the definition of proximate cause later, but here’s an example that will illustrate the problem pretty clearly.
The time following an accident can be a whirlwind. It can be difficult to remember what you should—and shouldn’t—do as you attempt to sort everything out.